Administrator Guide

Security Commands 899
Example
The following example configures user bob with password xxxyymmmm and
user level 15.
console(config)# username bob password ?
<password> Enter the password. The special characters allowed in the
password include ~ ` ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = [ ] { } \ | : ; ' < > . , /.
console(config)# username bob password xxxyyymmm privilege 15
username unlock
Use the username unlock command in Global Configuration mode to unlock
a locked user account. Only a user with read/write access can reactivate a
locked user account.
Error Completion Message Could not set user password!
Reason behind the failure
1 Exceeds Minimum Length of a Password.
Password should be in the range of 8-64
characters in length. Set minimum password
length to 0 by using the passwords min-length
0 command.
2 Password should contain Minimum
<number> uppercase-letters,
<number> lowercase-letters, <number>
numeric numbers,
<number> special characters and
<number> character classes and
Maximum limit of <number> consecutive
alphabetic and numeric
characters.
Maximum repetition of <number>
alphabetic and number characters.
3 Password should not contain the
keywords <keyword1>, <keyword2>
and <keyword3> in any form (reversed,
substring or case-insensitive).
Message Type Message Description